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	Kay Soyemi (Esq.) Social Commentator SW9, London UK
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That CIA Report on Nigeria – Fact or Fiction? by Kay Soyemi December 01, 2008 Dr. Thomas Fingar, the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), recently presented and discussed his report titled the “Global Trends 2025” and among many other things, has predicted a bleak future for Nigeria if certain identified indicators were not addressed before 2025.  NigerianNews Special   $500 Million Loan – For Whose Benefit? by Kay Soyemi November 21, 2008 “Yar’Adua spoke softly, slowly and made no facial expressions when he observed that Nigeria would have to make hard but necessary steps to reform the system. NigerianNews Special   NIGERIANS ARE NO LONGER LAUGHING by Kay Soyemi November 17, 2008 “This time around, the jaded citizens are not singing hosanna; neither do we feel there is a messiah come to deliver us from the shackles of poverty, malnourishment, unemployment, a total lack of infrastructural development in terms of uninterrupted power supply, potable drinking water, decent roads, functional health centres and hospitals, qualitative educational facilities and a composite transport network system, neither do the citizens rejoice because we have seen it all before. NigerianNews Special   Ribadu's removal: Not in the Interest of the General Public by Kay Soyemi December 29, 2007 Keeping abreast of news and development back home takes some dedication and a hardiness of the soul and certain immunity to the shocking revelations that comes out of the political establishment and the fourth realm.  NigerianNews Special   Let’s turn Logic on it’s Head by Kay Soyemi October 25, 2007 At this stage in Nigeria’s development, it would be mere fantasy to state that our problems are not dire. Indeed, it would be sheer negligence to assert that our situation is not despairing. Generally, it would be crass idiocy to pretend that our country is not at the periphery of a calamitous abyss. Specifically, we are at a crucial and desperate stage in our nationhood, yet our leaders pretend that all is well in the house and the rule of law is sufficient to quench the thirst in the land and due process may duly put food in the empty bellies on the streets. NigerianNews Special   What If there is a Revolution in Nigeria? by Kay Soyemi October 17, 2007 A lot of times, I have heard Nigerians express the wish that we have a revolution in the country so that we would have progress. A lot of times, I have also heard other Nigerians ask the question, “Who’ll bell the cat?” Indeed, among the Yorubas, there is a popular saying, ‘whosesoever head is used to crack the coconut!” The late Afro-beat king, Anikulapo Kuti, put it so appropriately in one of his song, “I no wan die…mama dey for house, papa dey for house,I wan enjoy, I no wan die!” NigerianNews Special   Nothing to do With God – Cash & Carry Men of God Beware! by Kay Soyemi October 04, 2007 If only God were human like the rest of us… Then retribution would be swift and merciless for so many men of the cloth who have proven to all Nigerians that the rewards of the just are certainly not in heaven, but in defending thieving Nigerian officials and their ilk with inglorious largesse and questionable moralities on earth and seeking to adorn them with the robes of the innocent. NigerianNews Special   Nigeria at 47 - Politics Is Not A Dirty Game by Kay Soyemi October 03, 2007 Our politicians need to have big ambitions; and they most certainly do – about big cars, big mansions, big women, big bank balances, big contracts, big appointments and big percentages. Our leaders also need to have the required determination to achieve these ambitions, so they squabble over appointments, they insist on federal character reflection and quota in the sharing of the federal cake to the detriment of ability and willingness; and when they cannot have their way surreptitiously, they debate it – with fist cuffs like celebrated pugilists. NigerianNews Special   The Days of the Jackals are Here - It is Business As Usual by Kay Soyemi September 25, 2007 Over the last few months, keen observers of the Nigerian socio-political horizon would have observed an ominous trend in the polity. A trend that suggests that all is not well with the matter. Indeed, there is a distinct malodorous taint in the air that suggests that it is not yet uhuru in the fight against corruption. NigerianNews Special   A Rudderless Craft Adrift – The Early Days of a New President by Kay Soyemi September 03, 2007 With the inception of the current government in Nigeria, many people heaved a sigh of relief; relief that the locust years were indeed coming to an end; relief that the nation was being relieved of the yoke of a certain jack-booted farmer; relief that we were going to be spared –at long last – the agony of a charade áká the “bolekaja presidency”   Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com